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Structure-function relationships in the aortic valve [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
PhDGlobally, heart valve dysfunction constitutes a large portion of the cardiovascular disease load, causing high rates of mortality in European and industrialized countries.
Anssari-Benam, Afshin
core   +4 more sources

Recent Echocardiography Parameters for Predicting Better Functional Result after Mitral Valve Correction Surgery in Patients with Primary Mitral Regurgitation

open access: yesMajalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2021
Objectives We analyzed whether some echocardiographic parameters are good predictors of functional result after mitral valve correction surgery.    Background Ejection fraction was not the only parameter to decide optimal time for surgery, nor an ...
Indah Puspita
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances in understanding and managing mitral valve disease [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2019
Interest in the mitral valve has increased over the past few years with the development of new technologies that allow intervention in patients previously deemed too ill for treatment.
Wendy Tsang
doaj   +1 more source

Short-term mechanical support with the Impella 5.x for mitral valve surgery in advanced heart failure—protected cardiac surgery

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
IntroductionSurgical treatment of patients with mitral valve regurgitation and advanced heart failure remains challenging. In order to avoid peri-operative low cardiac output, Impella 5.0 or 5.5 (5.x), implanted electively in a one-stage procedure, may ...
Anja Osswald   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Double orifice mitral valve associated with Ventricular Septal Defect in an infant : case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Double orifice mitral valve (DOMV) is an uncommon anomaly characterized by a mitral valve with a single fibrous annulus with two orifices opening into the left ventricle.
Taksande, Amar M.   +2 more
core  

Approach to An Unusual Cardiac Mass: Mitral Annulus Caseoma

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA) is known to be a rare variant of mitral annulus calcification, a chronic and degenerative process of the mitral valve fibrous ring. It usually carries a benign prognosis.
Arda Aybars Pala   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perforation of anterior mitral leaflet aneurysm: A rare cause of severe mitral regurgitation

open access: yesThe Egyptian Heart Journal, 2016
Mitral valve perforation is a rare cause of severe mitral regurgitation. Infective endocarditis, connective tissue disease, cardiac surgery and aortic regurgitation jet are blaming causes of mitral valve perforation.
Ahmet Seyfeddin Gurbuz   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic safety analysis

open access: yesOpen Heart, 2020
Objective Minimally invasive surgery is increasingly adopted as an alternative to conventional sternotomy for mitral valve pathology in many centres worldwide.
Johannes C Kelder   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Port-Access Mitral Valve Surgery-An Evolution of Technique.

open access: yes, 2021
Port-access mitral valve surgery has been around since 1995; and many variations upon the technique have been developed. Since 1996, we have performed more than 2500 port-access mitral valve surgeries, and thus gained a substantial experience.
Barac, Yaron D, Glower, Donald D
core   +1 more source

The Lupus Damage Index Revision Program: Results From the Item Generation and Reduction Phases

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A data‐driven and expert/patient consensus‐based project to develop a revised Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index (SDI) is under way supported by SLICC, ACR, and the Lupus Foundation of America. Our objective is to report the item generation and reduction phase results
Burak Kundakci   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

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